Two local-based boxing promoters have become embroiled in a public spat, after the squabble made it to social media yesterday.

Professional boxing has enjoyed a rise in popularity in Singapore over the last 18 months, and the sport here marked another milestone when Muhamad Ridhwan became Singapore's first world champion by clinching the Universal Boxing Organisation (UBO) world super featherweight title earlier this month.

But a public war of words has broken out between promoters Arvind Lalwani and Scott O'Farrell.

Their disagreement is understood to have come about from the planned appearances by Lalwani-managed boxers Rafi Majid and Nurshahidah Roslie, in O'Farrell's upcoming event scheduled to take place in October.

Briton O'Farrell, who founded Ringstar Management last July, claimed Lalwani pulled out his fighters after initially agreeing to let them appear on the card.

Former national amateur boxer Lalwani, meanwhile, said that O'Farrell wants his boxers to feature exclusively in Ringstar's events.